WIBX 950 » griffiss international airport http://wibx950.com Your News Talk and Sports Leader Tue, 21 May 2013 03:40:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Lawmakers Rally For Griffiss http://wibx950.com/lawmakers-rally-for-griffiss/ http://wibx950.com/lawmakers-rally-for-griffiss/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:17:33 +0000 Gino Geruntino http://wibx950.com/?p=186531 Two local lawmakers are lobbying to bring the East Coast Anti-Missile Defense System site to Griffiss International Airport.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/lawmakers-rally-for-griffiss/feed/ 0 Griffiss International Airport Dave Gordon Proposes Name Change To Griffiss International Airport http://wibx950.com/dave-gordon-proposes-name-change-to-griffiss-international-airport/ http://wibx950.com/dave-gordon-proposes-name-change-to-griffiss-international-airport/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:24:20 +0000 Gino Geruntino http://wibx950.com/?p=181579 First it was the taxi cabs, then it was a call for county term limits. Now, Oneida County Legislator Dave Gordon wants to change the name of Rome's Griffiss International Airport.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/dave-gordon-proposes-name-change-to-griffiss-international-airport/feed/ 0 Oneida County Government Griffiss Tower To Remain Open Until June http://wibx950.com/griffiss-tower-to-remain-open-until-june/ http://wibx950.com/griffiss-tower-to-remain-open-until-june/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:25:13 +0000 Jim Rondenelli http://wibx950.com/?p=175401 The air traffic control tower at Griffiss International Airport in Rome will remain open for now.

The Federal Aviation Administration will delay the closure of 149 air traffic control towers at smaller airports until mid-June.

The towers were due to begin closing as early

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]]> http://wibx950.com/griffiss-tower-to-remain-open-until-june/feed/ 0 Joe Raedle, Getty Images Picente: Sequester Cuts Amount To Cost Shifting To Local Governments http://wibx950.com/picente-sequester-cuts-amount-to-cost-shifting-to-local-governments/ http://wibx950.com/picente-sequester-cuts-amount-to-cost-shifting-to-local-governments/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:57:01 +0000 Jeff Monaski http://wibx950.com/?p=170812 Oneida County is working to keep open the tower at Griffiss International Airport because of the business impact its closure could have.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/picente-sequester-cuts-amount-to-cost-shifting-to-local-governments/feed/ 0 Kristine Bellino, WIBX Control Tower At Griffiss Airport To Close http://wibx950.com/control-tower-at-griffiss-to-close/ http://wibx950.com/control-tower-at-griffiss-to-close/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:36:40 +0000 Jim Rondenelli http://wibx950.com/?p=168417 The Federal Aviation Administration is shutting down nearly 150 airport control towers starting on April 7th, including the tower at Griffiss International Airport in Rome.

As many as 189 were on the chopping block due to massive federal spending cuts.

The FAA h

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]]> http://wibx950.com/control-tower-at-griffiss-to-close/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan Getty Images Hanna Urges FAA Not To Close Griffiss Air Control Tower http://wibx950.com/hanna-urges-faa-not-to-close-griffiss-air-control-tower/ http://wibx950.com/hanna-urges-faa-not-to-close-griffiss-air-control-tower/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:46:44 +0000 Gino Geruntino http://wibx950.com/?p=163255 Congressman Richard Hanna says closing the air control tower at Griffiss International Airport is a bad plan.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/hanna-urges-faa-not-to-close-griffiss-air-control-tower/feed/ 0 Joe Raedle, Getty Images Control Tower At Griffiss Slated To Close http://wibx950.com/control-tower-at-griffiss-slated-to-close/ http://wibx950.com/control-tower-at-griffiss-slated-to-close/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:18:23 +0000 Jim Rondenelli http://wibx950.com/?p=161931 Griffiss International Airport's air traffic control tower could close on April 7th due to sequestration cuts.

The Federal Aviation Administration has released a list of towers at 173 small and mid-size ai

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]]> http://wibx950.com/control-tower-at-griffiss-slated-to-close/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan, Getty Images National Guard Aircraft To Use Griffiss For Training http://wibx950.com/national-guard-aircraft-to-use-griffiss-for-training/ http://wibx950.com/national-guard-aircraft-to-use-griffiss-for-training/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:57:12 +0000 Jim Rondenelli http://wibx950.com/?p=147135 Over the next several months, Air National Guard C-17's will be conducting periodic night training at Griffiss International Airport in Rome.

Members of the 137th Air Lift Squadron, 105th Air Lift Wing at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburg will conducting conventional and simulated night time tactical approaches to the Griffiss runway.

Oneida County officials say that want all county

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]]> http://wibx950.com/national-guard-aircraft-to-use-griffiss-for-training/feed/ 0 Chris McGratty, Getty Images Hanna Talks Sequestration With DFAS Employees http://wibx950.com/hanna-talks-sequestration-with-dfas-employees/ http://wibx950.com/hanna-talks-sequestration-with-dfas-employees/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:01:00 +0000 Gino Geruntino http://wibx950.com/?p=117609 Rome, NY (WIBX) - Congressman Richard Hanna was in Rome to talk with employees of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service about the upcoming threat of sequestration.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/hanna-talks-sequestration-with-dfas-employees/feed/ 0 Gino Geruntino, WIBX Griffiss Gets $745K To Upgrade Airport http://wibx950.com/griffiss-gets-745k-to-upgrade-airport/ http://wibx950.com/griffiss-gets-745k-to-upgrade-airport/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:22:44 +0000 Jim Rondenelli http://wibx950.com/?p=104782 Rome, NY (WIBX) - The Federal Aviation Administration will re-admit Griffiss International Airport into the Military Airport Program with a grant of $270,000.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/griffiss-gets-745k-to-upgrade-airport/feed/ 0 David McNew, Getty Images Griffiss Exhibits AT MRO Amercias http://wibx950.com/griffiss-exhibits-at-mro-amercias/ http://wibx950.com/griffiss-exhibits-at-mro-amercias/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:37:59 +0000 Jim Rondenelli http://wibx950.com/?p=56895 Dallas, TX (WIBX) - Representatives from Mohawk Valley EDGE, MVCC's Aviation Training Center and Griffiss International Airport are in Dallas for the annual Aviation Week, MRO Americas industry trade show.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/griffiss-exhibits-at-mro-amercias/feed/ 0 Picente: Gray Out As Airport Commish; Search For Replacement To Begin Soon http://wibx950.com/picente-gray-out-as-airport-commish-search-for-replacement-to-begin-soon/ http://wibx950.com/picente-gray-out-as-airport-commish-search-for-replacement-to-begin-soon/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:40:58 +0000 Jeff Monaski http://wibx950.com/?p=38021 Rome, NY (WIBX) - Vernon Gray is out as Oneida County's Aviation Commissioner.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/picente-gray-out-as-airport-commish-search-for-replacement-to-begin-soon/feed/ 0 via flickr user vizzzual.com Hangar 783 Officially Opened For Business With Unveiling At Griffiss http://wibx950.com/hangar-783-officially-opened-for-business-with-unveiling-at-griffiss/ http://wibx950.com/hangar-783-officially-opened-for-business-with-unveiling-at-griffiss/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:23:53 +0000 WIBX http://wibx950.com/?p=25151 Rome, NY (WIBX) - Hangar 783 at Griffiss International Airport is officially open for business!

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]]> http://wibx950.com/hangar-783-officially-opened-for-business-with-unveiling-at-griffiss/feed/ 0 Jeanette Lenoir, WIBX Discovery Tour Of Griffiss International Airport Wednesday http://wibx950.com/discovery-tour-of-griffiss-international-airport-wednesday/ http://wibx950.com/discovery-tour-of-griffiss-international-airport-wednesday/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 18:21:29 +0000 Jeff Monaski http://wibx950.com/?p=11249 Rome, NY (WIBX) - The Genesis Group's next Discovery Tour will be of Griffiss International Airport.

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